Now the Sparty players are calling out Wisconsin

Isaiah Lewis said the Slappies are coming out with the same gamestyle against Wisconsin .. and the db's are going to go get it, the lb's are going to go get it, and basically Russell Wilson needs to know he is going to get hurt in this game.

Now, normally I would chalk this up as a figure of speech, saying your defense is going to be all over him. But, in all seriousness, the conference better put the slappies on notice that any players intentionally trying to hurt someone will receive a long term suspension. Russell Wilson will probably end up hurt, because they are going to try to kick him in the throat if he is lying on the ground after the play, punch him in the throat if he standing up after the play .. gouge their fingernails into his eyes if he is at the bottom of the pile after the play. They are going to try to hurt him at all costs, the problem is it will surely come after the whistle. Wouldn't be surprised to see Dantonio and Narduzzi send in a back up player who never sees the field out there for 1 play with the sole intention of hurting him after play.

I especially like Narduzzi's comment of how they play 60 minutes of unneccessary roughness, and he's just gald it doesn't get called on every play.

The problem is ... Wisconsin is the last team in the world that the slappies want to fire up. I could see this one ending in a bloodbath ... literally and figuratively speaking

I can't believe Narduzzi would actually tell his players to kick other players in the throats or gouged their fingers into their eyes! This is rediculous and it NEEDS to be brought to the NCAA's attention right now!

This is actually really sad... they realy think that their actions are okay and that everyone else just isnt "tough enough." A bunch of dirty ass players in a dirty ass program... I cant believe the facemask twist isnt out there yet...

To me, that is 100 times worse than the punch... the punch is terrible, but at least it was a guy who was standing up facing him...

On the facemask twist, the coward jumped on him after the whistle and attacked a defenseless player...

If this was the NFL, the Spartan defense would have thousands and thousands of dollars in penalities and suspensions... spartyon idiots

Talk about a disconnect from reality. The spartans are in for an epic beat down. This one should resemble the Alabama game last New Year's Day. As if Wisconsin isn't already going to be fired up after losing to state last year. Not to mention Bielema is a vindictive prick who'll run up the score on them to let them know they don't belong in the same conversation with Wiscy. That ESPN decided to host Game Day there is karma at work against the spartans. It's a good thing for sparty that this is late game. Most people will be changing the channel at the end of the first quarter when the Badgers will be up by 21 and won't know what the final score will end up being. Nevertheless, no one is going to be hyping the spartans after this game.

So, clearly this is a strategy, to be the baddest talking, cheapest hitting team on the block. Clearly worked against FAU, Youngstown, CMU, and, to an extent, Michigan. Gosh I hope more physical teams like Wisconsin and Nebraska mop the floor with these thugs. On a national stage.

Call me crazy, but I'd rather see Sparty curb-stomped by Wisconsin on Saturday and stomped again by Nebraska the following Saturday in Lincoln. Meanwhile, we run the table the remainder of the season and make it to the Big Ten Championship Game against the Badgers.

Imagine the satisfaction of hearing all the Spartan faithful claiming they don't care getting beat out for the Legends Division title because "we still beat Michigan". THAT would be same old Sparty, and I'm still optimistic enough to think we can pull it off.

I mentioned the dirty play to my Wisconsin friend and told him his team should prepare themselves for some cheap shots. He laughed - the most confident laugh I've heard in a while. And he didn't say a word. He didn't need to. I feel very, very good about this game.

Bielema is the kind of coach that will authorize illegal, injury inducing chop blocks to gholston and worthy if he feels they're playing dirty (a la mike martin 09 or 10...i cant remember). A taste of their own medicine is exactly what they need.

Hoke is not about to put a hit out on an opposing player. As we know Bielema has absolutely no problem doing it. Wisco also has a lot more poundage on the field than Michigan did. This one could get ugly.

I have more respect for Nick Saban, since he doesn't make a big show out of his supposed higher moral principles the way Dantonio does. Praise Jesus Sunday through Friday, but on Saturday make sure your players kick their opponents in the nuts.

Considering MSU was the only regular season loss Wiscy had last year, plus MSU put up that stupid billboard complaining about Wiscy going to the Rose Bowl over them, I have a sense that the Badgers were already fired up for this game. I'm sure MSU will try to act all tough, the referees will penalize them, and unlike UM Wisconsin should be able to make them pay on the scoreboard. Beilima is an ass, but this week I'm fine with him rubbing it in a little.

And the conference put a big one game suspension on Reynolds....probably the same for Gholston. I will be watching every snap of this game and enjoying Wisconsin's victory. It goes against my normal behavior to care about other teams but I have to admit I want to see Sparty get bitch slapped.

Jesus fucking Christ, we're still in the hunt for the Big Ten Championship game. You root for Wisconsin so that we pull back to even for the division lead. That we want Wiscy to run train on those classless assholes is just the gravy on the potatoes.

Sparty has games on the road at Nebraska, Iowa, and Northwestern, plus their pending beatdown next week. They're going to finish the year with 2-3 losses at least. Losing on Saturday sucks and some mourning is warranted, but they didn't end our season by a longshot and we can still have the last laugh. Lose to Sparty in exchange for winning the Legends division and playing for the Big 10 Championship? Yeah, I'll take that swap in a heartbeat.

With the bye week, I will be rooting for Wisconsin harder than I've ever rooted for another team before. I do not think I have ever disliked a team and their coaches more than I dislike Sparty right now.

Here is the thing about this tactic, it will come back to bite them in the butt. Yes you can go on the field and pound your chest and play dirty. my parents always told me when I have played sports against dirty players, there will always be bigger and dirtier, they will get theirs.

If I were a state fan, I would be hoping that this defense isn't writing checks that. Kurt Cousins will be forced to check. Eventually he will he the one on the receiving end of a dirty hit.

As much as I want Sparty to lose in grand fashion, this game is at 8 o'clock in the Asylum and that place will be explosive ( with vomit and enthusism). As good as Wisconsin looks, they still find a way to stub their toe each year, and usually in their first conference road game. Ontop of that, the Sparty D is flying pretty high after backing up their #1 defensive ranking with Saturday's win. Goddammit it makes me sick to say it, but I'm not underestimating those fuckstains again.

On Wisconison. On and on and on and on. Give me one of those 80something - 6 scores.

It's payback this year for Wisconsin, they're pissed about last year, they're pissed about that stupid billboard, they're pissed they're not getting more love in the polls, and they need to have a big win against a ranked opponent. Bret Bielema is just the coach to do it.

Ahhh as much as I would like to think Wisconsin will demolish MSU, I really have a hard time believing that. Now that MSU's O-line has gotten some good practice in against a few good D-lines, I think Wisconsin is toast.

But, at the same time, MSU hasn't been practicing all year long to try and memorize the snap counts for this game and so will be much more underprepared for it than they were for us. Still, Gholston + Worthy against a bunch of farmboys... I'll take MSU's D-line.

The B1G or NCAA should suspend Narduzzi for the entire year effective immediately, and then MSU should fire him. Of course, he will just get a fat raise from Spartyland, along with some custom license plates made by some of his ex-players.

Agreed. Sparty will give him a big fat pay raise for the philosphy he teaches which involves trying to injure opposing QB's(examples: Denard Robinson and now according to MSU's Lewis Russel Wilson). Absolute thugs

It appeared that the penalty by Marcus Rush should have warranted two personal foul penalties on the same play, one for hands in the face/blow to the head and another one for unnecessary ruffness, slamming Denard to the turf and jumping on him.

What are the ejection rules in College Football? I'm sure Rush would have been ejected in the NFL for that hit he put on Denard.

Possible penalties to consider:

Eject a player if he commits a second personal foul penalty in the same game. This would have taken at least taken Gohlston out of the game.

Remove a player from the field when a personal foul penalty results in an injury. The player committing the penalty remains off the field for as long as the injured player is off the field. If the players injury results in him missing several games, then the player committing the personal foul that injured him will be sidelined for as long as it takes for the victim player to return to the field of play from injury.

If I'm Hoke, I have a DVD presentation for the Big 10 first thing Monday morning which includes everything in the game that caused injury to a UM player, every personal foul, plus everything that shows the msu defense is looking to continue. I'm all for physical, but gholston should have ben ejected and suspended. Completely unacceptable!

The end result the last time they played in EL 2 years ago. We will see what the Badgers are made out this weekend. The big ugglies against the thugs of Worthy & Co. I sure do hoe WG gets suspended for this sucker punch & other crap he did when Denard was on the floor.

I must say I was beyond stunned by MSU's display of unabashed thuggery against Michigan. I haven't seen anything that bad on a football field since Reynolds choked Sorgi, which of course came while the OSU defense was being marshaled by the Dean of Discipline Mark Dantonio. How Gholston hasn't been suspended for trying to rip off Denard's head ina game he was also flagged for throwing a punch is beyond me. What's more, I can't believe Narduzzi actually came out with his comments, which are truly shocking from a coach. Isaiah Williams' idiocy and the absence of a suspension, let alone any acknowledgement of wrongdoing, are just more proof that Dantonio feels he has tapped into something with this team and is willing to sink to great depths in the interests of winning.

We've pointed out that Michigan handled it all pretty well, refusing to lay blame in the media. I'm sure they are all seething behind closed doors and it wouldn't surprise me if Delaney got a DVD from Brady Hoke's office, but he asked his team to take the high road and they did. If nothing else it shows the team has bought in to whatever Hoke is selling and they are squarely behind their new coach. I'm not being solicitous when I say that i was impressed by this.

I don't know how this will play out. MSU has a legitimate defense and will be playing in front of a very hyped nighttime crowd. The thing is, and I say this cautiously, Wisconsin as also had this game marked for a long time, and they are capable of punishing an undisciplined, hyper-aggressive defense. Nebraska chirped about Wisconsin "not playing a defense like ours" and did a fair amount of woofing at the beginning of the game. That only gets you so far. MSU's defense may be better than Nebraska's and the Spartans are good enough to win this game for sure, but I tend to not buy into teams that have to run their mouths and resort to cheapness to claim a psychological advantage. The quietly confident teams usually do best.

I think the key is to start fast and not give up the turnover/special teams plays that further energize the crowd and the team. Match Sparty's intensity but not their emotion. Stay even-keeled, do what they do and let it play out over 4 quarters.